Category: government
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Farm Bill
I was asked what I thought of the new farm bill and how it would affect me. To tell you the truth I don't know. I dont "farm the government" so I don't pay attention much to the farm bill. By "farming the government," I mean that you plant crops and control your operation to…
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Enabler
<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enabler">Enabler</a> : one that enables another to achieve an end ; especially : one who enables another to persist in self-destructive behavior (as substance abuse) by providing excuses or by making it possible to avoid the consequences of such behavior<br />n<br />nI'm fed up with all this talk about the <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10474323/1/aig-bonuses-flap-has-geithner-on-hot-seat.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEFI">AIG bonuses</a>. This…
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Patriotism
I have a quick question, what is given as one of the main reasons the Great Depression was so bad? Trade barriers between countries. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>"Any student of history will tell you that one of the most significant mistakes of the 1930s is when the U.S. embraced protectionism," Lane said. "It had a cascading…
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Stimulis
Everybody knows about the Stimulus bill being debated in Congress. Either it's almost a trillion dollars of "investment" in our economy or it's a massive "pork" project to assuage the special interests that got President Obama elected. It all depends on your viewpoint. Me, I have a few questions.<br />n<br />nI understand that the whole…
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Information
A little more interesting information about the Plum Island animal research facility.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1730322,00.html?xid=rss-topstories">Accidents at Disease Lab Revealed</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The only U.S. facility allowed to research the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease experienced several accidents with the feared virus, the Bush administration acknowledged Friday.<br />n<br />nA 1978 release of the virus into cattle holding pens…
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Pointing Out
It has been pointed out to me that maybe I am not making myself clear about my position on the Hardin Jail I have been talking about So I thought I would try to clarify myself.<br />n<br />nI think the whole idea of building a jail when you had no commitment to put prisoners in…
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Crystal Ball
I would really like to know where Sen. Max Baucus got his crystal ball at.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/03/19/news/state/28-baucus.txt">Baucus sees economic hope coming</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The nation's economic skid is close to bottoming out, Democratic Sen. Max Baucus said after a speech Tuesday, but expect some "hiccups" before the recession hits bottom<br />n<br />nBaucus, chairman of the…
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Arm Twisting
My daughter come home from school a couple of days ago with an interesting story. She told me some women was at the school trying to round up kids to go on a bus trip for Helena in support of the Jail in Hardin to try to pressure the state to let them place inmates…
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Funding
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/21/news/state/18-wolfstatus.txt">Funding questions abound as feds change wolf's status</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Returning gray wolves to the Northern Rockies has already cost more than $27 million. Keeping them here will mean spending millions of dollars more.<br />n<br />nBut with federal officials poised today to announce the removal of wolves from the endangered-species list, there are unresolved questions…
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Big Brother
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/us/11control.html?_r=3&sq=thermostat&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=1&adxnnlx=1200186015-opf/V41vutOKS0CJ0rTBdA" title="Big Brother At It's Finest">California Seeks Thermostat Control</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The conceit in the 1960s show “The Outer Limits” was that outside forces had taken control of your television set.<br />n<br />nNext year in California, state regulators are likely to have the emergency power to control individual thermostats, sending temperatures up or down through…